Search results

I guess while we're on the subject of firearms we ought to talk about safes. Anybody have any BAD reviews of safes? Any you particularly like?

Man, that M-14 is freakin' sexy. How heavy is it? Not that I plan on going on some long sojourn into the woods to find an animal, but weight is a consideration. Of course...maybe I should buy one of those TOO!

Yup, there's a small group of navy folk there, joint planning stuff. It's staff work, but it's where I want to be, where I want to get to and where I'll separate from. I plan to fly on the side though, and maybe volunteer at the CAP - they have a float plane that looks to be good times...

These are lots of great suggestions. Ah, can't wait to go gun hunting when I get there. I'm not sure what I'll do first, go shopping for firearms or buy a house... I think the wife will want the house. But hey, you can't look at houses ALL day... H60, I too am in the "drop em in one shot"...

Something along these lines perhaps? http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/wildlife/bears/story/897940.html My wife worked at a remote fish research facility in SE AK. Part of the job involved collecting salmon from a weir that were tagged specimens. Where do bears like to go to get their fish...

Wooohooo! I just got orders to Alaska! Heading up that way in the spring. And as I'm moving back from Japan, I have a hankering for some new firearms. In particular I'm looking for a good pistol for the big varmint that try to eat you and a rifle to dispense some justice on a moose or two...

Wow, good thing I am flying back to Japan on United!

I would say that if you're not having fun in Primary, you may not be cut out for the whole aviation thing. Primary should be a good time. Hard work, some disappointment yes, but it's a good time. But if you're going to be in the Navy, Aviation is pretty much where it's at (though even it has...

I think I'd rather have a BA in Ancient Greek with a minor in Mongolian Theater.

If i never drink another San Mig in my life I'll count myself lucky!

It pleases me to no end that I disrupted HOURS of class at a Japanese elementary school while bouncing in the pattern at Futema. Fun place to bounce - though the coral runway is rough on tires (or maybe it was just my landings, but let's blame the coral). Nothing beats having three P-3s, 2...

I just flew United from BKK-NRT and they turned off the in-flight entertainment system (and I was in Biz class too! With a 19" screen!) for "security reasons". At first I thought this was some cop out excuse because the system was actually broken. However, as it turned out United enacted this...

Let's just be thankful nobody was killed.

NUW went up! WoohoO! I can raise my rent!

Did anybody make mention of him being enlisted in one photo and an officer in another? I probably missed that as I skimmed the thread. total DB.

When my whites get dirty, I use my mastercard...and buy new shoes. But I have worn my whites maybe 3 times since graduating OCS!

I'm on the 7yr plan, as with MB. They did try to say I was on the 8yr plan but after producing my OCS agreement, they shut up. With more people staying in the DH board will get harder. If you do something a few steps off the "golden path", but otherwise had a solid JO sea tour (w/ EP) and...

If I dump my efforts to get the tour I want next and go to the boat, I'm sure I'd make DH. However...I'm not sure I want to actually do that to myself. Maybe I'll just go back home, open an Irish pub and call it good.

Wow, missed a few details eh? Not surprising at the time though, lots of confusion. My grandmother, who lived in Seattle on that day, told me of hearing about the attack on the radio. She was born in 1909, so she was a young girl during WWI, but she remembers selling war bonds. She sat...

What year was that taken?

I had the honor of attending the ceremony today at Pearl Harbor. Very moving, very cool. If you are ever in HI around Dec 7, make the time to attend.

Intrusive leadership! The CO should have been in all spaces at all times. Duh!

So if i were to take a career killing tour after the one I'm on now...and I were to be "penciled in" for said tour...think they'd give me the bonus if I applied?

Certainly narrows down your choice of ship type!

Not gonna lie, that is some bad ass shit. I'm curious where he was. it didn't really look like Alaska - unless it was somewhere way in the interior. Normally would expect to see more trees...

No no, you misread it. 40min is how quickly it can load a retreating army.

I'm a few hours late and but not a dollar short. Can't access paypal till i get home. Please stand by...

In Japan you don't keep eye contact, in Korea (and China too I think) you do. The reason you do not keep eye contact is because you're expressing trust for that person, trust that you can take your eyes off of him and he won't kill you. If you keep eye contact it means you don't trust him...

I completely agree with this - but just to play devil's advocate, isn't what the low budget carriers do in perfect alignment with capitalism? Should we regulate the price of tickets to ensure that employees are paid a good wage (and us pilots paid a SHIT ton because we're so good looking?)...

What's the big deal man? Just print some more money. Pretty obvious really.

My brother made a sign for his drive way that says, "If my rottweiler doesn't eat your face, my Mossberg will."

There are some deaths I'll celebrate. While I won't throw a party for this guy's, I'm going to smile a little. And I feel pretty healthy... I'm not a big proponent of the death penalty, for practical reasons not moral reasons. But I think this DB deserves ever drop of poison that goes into...

They ought to auction tickets to his execution. We gotta pay for healthcare somehow.

Both sides are wound pretty tight - no big surprise that things like this happen.

mmmm, popcorn!

And his little brother is a P-3 dude and all around awesome American. Though if you're ever crossing the boarder with him you're going to get searched - no joke, I've never been searched coming across the boarder except the time he was with my wife and I coming back into the US from Canada.

Making fun of old people is awesome.

Small navy...sadly a bit smaller now - but a better place for his service, mentorship, and courage. RIP friend.

And what does this have to do with Naval Aviation? :D I KEED, I KEED! Really great work!

Man I hate you guys so much! I would have been there for TACTIP but I had to stay back to help an O5 not get killed. I probably should get a medal for that. And as a matter of fact, I am on watch! But I have peons to watch message traffic. ...now I gotta go make a powerpoint... :(

Well, having NFOs on space ships makes total sense - even shuttle pilots need a wingman to take the fat chick. I KEED, I KEED!

Oh he belongs in our community!

Full dress CoC are quite common in VP land. I've never seen a VP COC that didn't have the exulted party in full dress get-up. The proletariat in the audience were usually in SDBs.

Hey! I do that too! I like setting myself up to stand tall before the man. I mean, like they say, face time is face time, can't hurt...right?

I forgot that i'd even posted this! Man, I'm funny!

I visited Alaska last summer (it's home) and went flying with an old bush pilot in his home built job. It was his third plane, the other two having been balled up in some remote location, never to fly again. His words of widom, "You aren't a real bush pilot till you've balled up a plane or two...

Waist size used to be a major factor. Big points off for males who didn't have a 32" waist, which was kinda stupid. They pulled that requirement though. I hear my neighbor gripe about their new PT program all the time. Really though, the requirements are still considerably less stringent...

Ah I dunno what the big hubub is about. I mean, I'm posted on an AF base and these guys are the very pinnacle of physical fitness. Every day I stand in awe of their Greek-God like physiques and their dedication to professionalism. I mean these guys have it wired! If what I just wrote doesn't...

Neat stuff! Thanks for sharing! Makes me really want to take a trip to NK. Wouldn't that be a fun chit to route! I'm sure the command security manager would have kittens.

I interviewed with a national guard PJ unit (to fly HC-130s, which extend the range of the helos) and they were a sharp bunch of dudes - and all in good shape! The opening they had was internal, so my interview was kind of moot, more of a getting to know them session for the future. But i tell...